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Title Catastrophe in the making : the engineering of Katrina and the disasters of tomorrow / William R. Freudenburg, Robert Gramling, Shirley Laska, Kai T. Erikson.

Publication Info. Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2009.
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Description 1 online resource (209 pages) : illustrations, maps
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 171-196) and index.
Contents The first days of Katrina -- A mighty storm hits the shore -- The setting -- Slicing through the swamps -- The growth machine comes to New Orleans -- A "helpful explosion" -- The collapse of engineered systems -- The loss of natural defenses -- Critical for economic survival? -- The axe in the attic -- The end of an error?
Summary "On a sweltering August day in 2005, Hurricane Katrina blasted New Orleans, leaving behind devastation and chaos. Conventional wisdom tells us it was a tragic case of nature striking humans, but 'Catastrophe in the making' explains that the conventional wisdom is dangerously wrong. Katrina was instead a tragic case of humans striking nature, and paying dearly for it. Worse, we continue to make the same mistakes all across the country, courting costly and lethal disasters"--Inside cover.
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Subject Hurricane Katrina (2005) (OCoLC)fst01755264
Hurricane Katrina, 2005.
Hurricane protection -- Louisiana -- Evaluation.
Flood control -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Evaluation.
Levees -- Mississippi River.
Emergency management -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
Levees -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- History.
Economic development -- Environmental aspects -- Louisiana -- New Orleans.
NATURE -- Natural Disasters.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Disasters & Disaster Relief.
Katrina Hurrikan (DE-588)7515869-3
Economic development -- Environmental aspects. (OCoLC)fst00901808
Emergency management. (OCoLC)fst00908500
Flood control -- Evaluation. (OCoLC)fst00927454
Levees. (OCoLC)fst00996950
Louisiana. (OCoLC)fst01207035
Louisiana -- New Orleans. (OCoLC)fst01204311
Mississippi River. (OCoLC)fst01240238
Chronological Term 2005
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Added Author Freudenburg, William R.
Gramling, Robert, 1943-2014
Laska, Shirley Bradway, 1944-
Erikson, Kai, 1931-
Other Form: Print version: Catastrophe in the making. Washington, DC : Island Press/Shearwater Books, ©2009 9781597266826 (DLC) 2009021516 (OCoLC)373474584
ISBN 1610911563 (electronic book)
9781610911566 (electronic book)
9781597266826 (print)
1597266825 (print)
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